United Nations Week
HE Broadcasting Service has, to judge from the programmes, done full justice to United Nations Week. "Music of the United Nations" has been featured from all the national stations-although the cosmopolitan nature of our musical programmes cannot be disputed at any time — and some fine productions have been collected under this heading, One work which I was particularly glad to see listed, having somehow missed hearing it before, was Robinson’s "Ballad for Americans," presented by Paul Robeson, the American People’s Chorus, and the Victor Symphony Orchestra. This is an original and interesting work, containing a large-but not too large-ele-ment of jazz rhythm, and an equally satisfying element of genuine ballad spirit. The words were clear, and the frequent repetition kept the unity and the theme of the whole from being obscured. (But it was very obvious that we were not going to be able to escape Paul Robeson’s -triumphant "I am A-ME-RI-CA!" — one could only be grateful it wasn’t a "Ballad for Czechoslovakians"!) A less inspired production was 3YA’s Studio Presentation A Song for the Nations. This was an anthology of poetry and music, consisting of extracts from the work of Shakespeare, Shelley, and Whitman, with incidental music by William Walton. It was pleasantly delivered, and no doubt a lot of thought went to the selecting of the material; but I fail to grasp the significance of the choice,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 418, 27 June 1947, Page 13
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232United Nations Week New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 418, 27 June 1947, Page 13
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